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pneeesed. Gamming op the situation m which, the government found Maelf at that me. incluctng the menace of vio Mevce against ‘ettnemer, Mr. Johnéon told of the indictment sgainst Capone for 1924 income tax violations, wbich| was later suppressed. Nevertbeless, Capone tind ant about it tn some mysterious way, and hie counsel approached the govern- ment for" ttlement, Capone's} counsel first approached Johnion in| q ‘May of lex year. These facts ware Tcited to the committee, 05 follows: “I stated that one indictment was returned in Mareh. In Juna, then, these final indictments were relurned ‘We were very much éoncerned about) our case. We bad the knowledge of how many had been murdered betore, many ilustrations of that These bree witnesses, Hoover and Morgan, and Bragg, were very fearful and are ‘Vary fearful now. “About early March, may 1 recall} to you. we bad retumed for tbe year 1024 «tax Indictment againg: Capane| b to stop the running of the statute of Upaliations— that was suppressed, o0- |") cause If the pews got out we knew Witnesses would be mar reluctant han ever.” ‘Ag an example of preasure that was PUL on witnesses, Johnson cited the fake Of 8 callie. um wirats vane that heid the famous “James” ace counts, which were wuppaied to be connected with Ralph Crpone, The cashier, called before the grand jury, was very reluctant to tale “There were eigat cr ten of these accounts” Johnson sald. “Rvery three months one way closed and ane other opened. ‘The odd part was that th esch tmstance the 2353! tewe ui ioe depositor was James—James Carter, James Brown, and @ on “Sometimes there’ were overdrafts of ag much as 96,000. But the caahier Souisted be did not know who owned She eccount. Twas very severe with, hima and be broke down and wept. He Was nearly frightened to death Later his coupeel told me that every nigh: ‘when he went home some gangster ‘Was thera and threatened him” The Horse Is Coming Back lato fts Owa. Burra Momes, Cul, Apr) 3— To The Star: Major Chamber. tm And bis troop af creck riders of ow army were just up hare at She ranch. They are our repre- ‘Sentatives to the Olympics, Chamberlin has represented ue in previous games, and he wan ‘that the bors emanahip sventa are the